Awkwardly, it was Burkina Faso's 36-year-old President ... Clad in brown military camouflage with a pistol firmly holstered to his waist and red a beret to cap it all, the continent's youngest ...

The three countries led by military regimes formally notified ECOWAS of their desire for “immediate” withdrawal. But the texts of the West African organisation required one year’s notice for it ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

and Burkina Faso have accused ECOWAS of deviating from its founding principles and succumbing to external pressures, particularly regarding sanctions imposed after the military takeovers.

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

Thousands of people rallied on Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the move. Led by members of the military-led government in Niger’s capital Niamey, they chanted slogans hostile to ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge ...

02/04/2025 February 4, 2025 The military-led governments of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially left ECOWAS. We look at what led to the fallout, how ECOWAS tried to get them back, and ...